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| I mean, I don't know if there's anything else to add there, Joe, but we're really proud of everybody that has been a part of it |
| ClarkDietrich also continued to perform very well and contributed $18 million in equity income for the quarter |
| While there are a number of one-time items mostly related to the separation which Joe will run through, we are proud of our people and their ability to stay focused over the past year |
| We experienced a strong sequential improvement with volumes increasing 19% compared to Q2 as a result of some storm and weather related demand as well as recent market share gains at Level 5 |
| Our consumer products, building products, and sustainable energy businesses represent a strong franchise of market leading products and brands that will enable people to live safer, healthier and more expressive lives |
| We have a unique and proven growth platform that has been purposefully created using deep industry expertise, a performance driven people first culture and the best employees in the world, and a thoughtful long term investment strategy |
| We find the best product opportunities, invest to drive value at scale and build sustainable advantage through safety, quality, service and a reputation for doing the right thing for our customers |
| The Worthington business system of transformation, innovation and M&A is well entrenched and enables us to grow faster and deliver on our number one goal of generating attractive returns for our shareholders |
| Our transformation playbook now in its third evolution continues to provide a systematic approach for improving our commercial operations and supply chain functions, enhancing the top and bottom line for our businesses |
| Innovation is now a deeply embedded competency that we put to work across our business from process innovation to new product development, which we intend to make best-in-class with a pipeline that will distinguish us from competitors and provide enhanced value to our customers |
| And finally, our expertise in strategic M&A will help us drive growth and higher returns as we add new products, new brands and consolidate markets |
| And so we feel really good about the spring and the season and how we're positioned and how we've helped our retail customers get to where they want to be and to where they'll be able to best serve their own customers |
| And while its early days, the company is already benefiting from our relationships with major retailers and gaining greater access to our capital and expertise to drive accelerated direct-to-consumer marketing and sales |
| But we continue to be out there and as we said have a really good balance sheet and some liquidity so that when we find the right fit, we'll be able to think about that |
| They get good volumes and ultimately you can kind of hang in there, that number around there or better, then we feel really good about it, as revenues grow |
| And maybe just to take it up a level Brian, if you think about our long term goals of driving our EBITDA margin up to 24% over the next three to five years, everything that we do is very much focused on that, our transformation playbook is about improving the profitability and the margin profile of the businesses we own today |
| The water business is showing great progress |
| So there's just a ton of work, and it's never perfect, but I would say it's been an exceptional performance by everybody involved |
| We continue to operate with extremely low leverage, ending the quarter with a net debt to trailing EBITDA leverage ratio of about a quarter turn, and we're well positioned for the future with ample liquidity having a $500 million undrawn bank credit facility |
| The gross margin for Building Products on the heating, cooling and water side of the business was really strong this past quarter |
| During the quarter, the team had success getting additional new products certified and customer ready, and quoting activity continues to improve, which should ultimately result in a better demand environment |
| I remain as excited as ever about Worthington Enterprises and our opportunity for long-term value creation |
| And so, I think you get a normalized environment and you're certainly significantly higher than 6.2%, got some good things going on there, in the water business you will get through this destocking in the larger propane businesses |
| We've hit the ground running and are already delivering solid results as evidenced by our adjusted EBITDA of $67 million and adjusted earnings per share of $0.80 |
| The team at WAVE continues to focus on refining and enhancing their value proposition to customers, and they saw both volume and margin improvements in the quarter |
| WAVE delivered very strong results, contributing equity earnings of $26 million in the quarter, up from $19 million a year ago |
| The Titan is a patented composite tank that combines the strength of steel, and the advantages of high tech composites providing superior impact resistance and UV protection |
| Additionally, our water business continued to show growth in revenues and margins in Q3 as the initiatives we put in place in early 2024 are having a positive impact |
| Our teams have done a phenomenal job, being there for their customers |
| While HALO is small today, with 2023 revenues of $7 million, which was primarily direct-to-consumer, we intend to leverage our strong relationships with channel partners to help further grow and scale the brand |
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| Building Products generated net sales of $148 million in Q3, down 19% from $184 million a year ago |
| Consolidated net sales in the quarter of $317 million decreased 8.5% from $346 million in the prior year |
| And lastly, results in the prior year quarter were negatively impacted by $0.21 a share due to several unique items, the largest being corporate costs that were eliminated at the time of separation along with smaller restructuring and other non-recurring items |
| We incurred modest restructuring charges, which negatively impacted earnings by a $0.01 per share in the current quarter |
| Results in the current quarter were negatively impacted by the $2 million due to the LCM on imported tanks that I mentioned earlier |
| The decrease was driven by a less favorable product mix, lower average selling prices and lower volumes, especially in the large format heating end market which continued to see destocking |
| SES reported an adjusted EBITDA loss of $3 million in the current quarter compared to breakeven results in the prior year, due to lower gross margins and several one-time expenses |
| But sometimes that spike demand can really move things from a month to a month, that's the reason for kind of some of our -- I'll call it cautious optimism in Q4 |
| Including the $2 million charge in building products, our adjusted EBITDA in Q3 was $67 million, down from $70 million in Q3 of last year |
| On the surface there's been a few struggles underneath the surface, but nothing that's really major |
| And so, it's certainly not worse than it was six months ago, but again, the consumer is still relatively cautious |
| There's pockets of weakness, which is office everybody knows and talks about that |
| The current quarter was negatively impacted by one-time discrete tax charges of $9 million or $0.18 a share, all related to the business separation |
| In part because the new spend is down |
| We still have some destocking in these large and good size margin propane tanks |
| I think -- I would maybe call it, sort, of pretty close to seasonally normal with some continued I think what we say cautious optimism, but -- and you're right, the data points out there are still a little bit mixed |
| Gross profit for the quarter decreased to $73 million from $79 million in Q3 a year ago, while our gross margin increased to 23.1% from 22.8% |
| Housing starts, I think, bottomed like last summer, kind of July, and have kind of crept back up since |
| And so, we think that as construction and activity kind of came down, it seems to be more sort of flat, now, it's not continuing to go down, at least right this minute, nor is it going straight up |
| I got Building Products, for example, the destocking in those very large propane heating tanks |
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